# Laxmi Sharma

_A first lady tempo driver of Nepal_

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Last updated: 2026-10-12

> Laxmi Sharma is a Nepali entrepreneur. She is credited as the first woman to drive an auto-rickshaw and went on to establish the first button factory in Nepal. Sharma was married at a young age, after getting a divorce she worked as a housemaid for sixteen years. Later, she started to drive a rickshaw. Though she was harassed for being a woman driver, she went on to open Laxmi Wood Craft Udhyog, a company that made buttons. The buttons were exported to Germany, Switzerland, Zambia, Denmark and the USA.

## Quick facts

- **Place of birth:** Kathmandu ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62604242#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62604242#P27))
- **Occupation:** driver; entrepreneur ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62604242#P106))

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Laxmi Sharma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laxmi_Sharma) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): लक्ष्मी शर्मा](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q62604242](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62604242) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Laxmi Sharma 2 (cropped).png by VMAG (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laxmi_Sharma_2_(cropped).png)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Laxmi Sharma, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Laxmi Sharma 2 (cropped).png — VMAG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

## Cite this page

"Laxmi Sharma". DigiNepal. Last updated 12 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/laxmi-sharma. Retrieved 4 November 2026.